Any port in a storm

Scolded lovers will often return again and again to the scene of the crime in the misguided hope that things will be different next time.

The Prince thinks of the West Australian government’s property development arm, Landcorp, as a lover. It has had the odd tiff with that cuddly billionaire
Len Buckeridge
over the past few years.

A port building consortium Buckeridge leads is battling with the government and Landcorp, saying the agency has failed to honour a deal to sell it valuable land south of Perth to start building its bulk cargo berth. Landcorp, clearly bruised by Buckeridge’s calls for the agency to be stripped of its monopoly role in supplying industrial land (he’s backed by the even more cuddly
Lindsay Fox
in that regard), has lashed out and claimed Buckeridge is trying to get the land for a song.

The matter is now in court, which makes an ad placed by Landcorp in the business pages of the local rag this past week all the more endearing. Landcorp is trying to sell land in its Latitude 32 industrial precinct. One of the main selling points on a noodle-style diagram listing all local attractions is Buckeridge’s James Point port.